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package com.googlecode.wicket.jquery.core.utils;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Utility class for {@link Date}(<tt>s</tt>)
 *
 * @author Sebastien Briquet - sebfz1
 *
 */
public class DateUtils
{
	private static final String ISO8601 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmZ";

	/**
	 * Converts a date to its ISO8601/javascript representation. ie: 2009-11-05T13:15:30+0200
	 * @param date the date to convert
	 * @return the ISO8601 date as string
	 */
	public static String toISO8601(Date date)
	{
		return new SimpleDateFormat(ISO8601).format(date);
	}

	/**
	 * Utility class
	 */
	private DateUtils()
	{
	}
}
